Observed each April, Confederate Memorial Day remains an Alabama state holiday. Here’s what it marks and when it’s celebrated ...

Each April, Alabama observes Confederate Memorial Day, a state holiday that honors soldiers who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War. The day remains a point of reflection and debate as ...

Alabama state government offices will be closed Monday to mark the birthday of the president of the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis’ birthday is a state holiday in Alabama. Florida and Mississippi are ...

April is Confederate Heritage and History Month in Alabama, and one of the South’s enemies in the state has resigned. Great men north and south of the Mason-Dixon line say tragedy strikes when a ...

A native of Louisiana, I was not reared in Alabama and had never heard of "Yankee Memorial Day." But for some in the Deep South, it was a very real notion. The Ladies' Memorial Association, one of the ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s port city removed a statue of a Confederate naval officer early Friday after days of protests over the police killing of George Floyd, with the mayor saying the monument ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (NewsNation Now) — Crews took down a Confederate statue from a northern Alabama courthouse overnight Friday, following renewed calls for its removal after the police killing of George ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Four Confederate flags were taken down from the grounds of the Alabama Capitol on Wednesday as Gov. Robert Bentley became the first southern governor to order the removal of ...